[Done is done--and gone is gone. Sex reassignment is presently the best cure for transsexuals].

Sweden was the first country to legislate on sex reassignment procedures in 1972. Patients with gender dysphoria are in Sweden referred to one of six university clinics specialised in the field; all surgery, however, is centralised to the Karolinska Hospital in Stockholm. The aetiological strivings regarding transsexualism have to date been inconclusive; however, several lines of evidence speak in favour of an early biological influence on gender identity.

Factors predictive of regret in sex reassignment.

The objective of this study was to evaluate the features and calculate the frequency of sex-reassigned subjects who had applied for reversal to their biological sex, and to compare these with non-regretful subjects. An inception cohort was retrospectively identified consisting of all subjects with gender identity disorder who were approved for sex reassignment in Sweden during the period 1972-1992. The period of time that elapsed between the application and this evaluation ranged from 4 to 24 years.

Effects of propiomazine on the EEG sleep of normal subjects.

The effects of 25 mg propiomazine were examined in ten healthy volunteers in a sleep laboratory setting. A significant decrease in sleep latency and a corresponding decrement in subjectively assessed sleep latency was found during drug treatment. The distribution of the different sleep stages was affected to a relatively small extent.

Augmentation mammaplasty: the surgical and psychological effects of the operation and prediction of the result.

The aim of this research was to evaluate the effect of augmentation mammaplasty on women and to determine if it is possible to predict which women will benefit most from the operation. Interviews were conducted with both women who were about to undergo augmentation mammaplasty and those who had undergone the surgery. These interviews were compared with interviews from a control group composed of a normally distributed population.

Augmentation mammaplasty: the surgical and psychological effects of the operation and prediction of the result.

The aim of this research was to evaluate the effect of augmentation mammaplasty on women and to determine if it is possible to predict which women will benefit most from the operation. Interviews were conducted with both women who were about to undergo augmentation mammaplasty and those who had undergone the surgery. These interviews were compared with interviews from a control group composed of a normally distributed population.